EISA Annual Report 2007 Design and printing: www.intothelimelight.co.za Table of Contents

About EISA 1

Board of Directors 2

Chairperson’s Message 3

Executive Director’s Report 5

Research Department 9

Publications and Library 15

Governance Department 17 African Peer Review Mechanism Unit 19 Local Governance Programme Unit 22 Political Parties Unit 26 Legislative Strengthening Unit 29

Balloting and Electoral Services 31

Elections and Political Processes 37

Information and Communication Technology 43

Field Offices 47 Democratic Republic of Congo 48 Madagascar 52 Mozambique 58

Finance and Administration 63

Staff Members 67

EISA Donors 68

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About EISA

Our Vision An African continent where democratic governance, human rights and citizen participation are upheld in a peaceful environment.

Our Mission Strengthening electoral processes, good governance, human rights and democratic values through research, capacity building, advocacy and other targeted interventions. Type of Organisation Independent, non-profit and non-governmental organisation whose focus is elections, democ- racy and governance in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the rest of the African continent. Date of Establishment July 1996 Our Partners Electoral Management Bodies, political parties, civil society organisations, local government structures, parliaments, relevant governmental departments and donors. Our Approach Through innovative and trust-based partnerships throughout the SADC region and beyond, EISA engages in mutually beneficial capacity reinforcement activities aimed at enhancing all partners’ interventions in the areas of elections, democracy and governance. Our Structure EISA consists of a Board of Directors comprised of important stakeholders in the SADC region and beyond. It provides strategic leadership and upholds financial accountability. EISA has as its patron Sir Ketumile Masire, the former President of Botswana.

The Executive Director is supported by a Finance and Administration Department and an Information and Communication Technology Unit with several focused programmes: • Elections and Political Processes (EPP) • Balloting and Electoral Services (BES) • Research, Publications and Information • Local Governance • Political Party Strengthening • Legislative Programme • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) EISA operates with a core staff drawn from the African continent. The organisation contracts re- gional, continental and international democracy and governance experts to support its activities.

EISA Annual Report 2007 1 Board of Directors

Justice Anastazia Msosa Leshele Thoahlane

Prof Jorgen Elklit Justice Lewis Makame Dren Nupen

Prof Peter H Katjavivi Dr Gloria Somolekae Steve Godfrey

Ilona Tip Denis Kadima

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Chairperson’s Message

2007 marked EISA’s first year in its second decade of existence. The year was marked by two important initiatives. Firstly, an in- depth due diligence exercise was under- taken with a view to ascertaining whether the organisation’s vision and mission were relevant to the fast-changing needs of the African continent; its goals and objectives effectively and efficiently pursued; its con- trol systems sufficiently strong, and a ca- 31 December 2007 pacity assessment of EISA was externally Mr A.L Thoahlane, conducted. Secondly, EISA embarked on EISA Board Chairperson strategic re-orientation of its overall vision, mission, goals and objectives in order to align its programming to current global and continental changes in the democracy and governance field.

The in-depth due diligence exercise reas- the updating of financial policies, the adop- sured the Board, management and other tion of an ethics policy providing a code staff members that EISA continued to make of conduct on matters including conflicts a valuable contribution to the building of of interest, the adoption of the EISA Board sustainable democracies in Africa. It also charter which includes matters pertaining to highlighted the need for the organisation to the Board’s renewal and the introduction of align itself with many of the requirements of an internal audit function. good corporate governance, which were de- veloped and adopted long after EISA’s es- The beginning of EISA’s second decade of tablishment. The initiative noted that control existence also offered the opportunity for systems were strictly adhered to at the EISA the organisation to review its strategic direc- head office in Johannesburg and all its field tion. This effort involved the Board and staff offices, with the exception of the Angola and led to a number of strategic decisions field office. Multifaceted corrective measures on the organisation’s new vision, new mis- were undertaken, including the strengthen- sion, strategic goals and strategic objec- ing of EISA’s financial policies and controls, tives. As a result of this inclusive strategic staff training and legal and disciplinary ac- re-orientation process, EISA has adopted a tions, where needed. new vision and a new mission as follows:

EISA has since developed a plan of action Vision: “An African continent where demo- which provides a roadmap for the reinforce- cratic governance, human rights and citizen ment of various work areas. These work participation are upheld in a peaceful envi- areas include new procurement procedures, ronment.”

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Mission: “EISA strives for excellence in the The second strategic goal is to consolidate promotion of credible elections, participatory EISA’s authority and credibility, in order to democracy, a human-rights culture, and the provide sustained leadership in the democ- strengthening of governance institutions for racy and governance sector in Africa. The the consolidation of democracy in Africa.” two strategic objectives directly related to this strategic goal are: New strategic goals and objectives have also been adopted and approved by the Board. • To create a culture of excellence that leads to consistently high quality The first strategic goal is to strengthen gov- products and services; and ernance processes and representative in- • To position EISA as a leader that stitutions in order to entrench participatory consistently influences policy and democracy. This strategic goal is supported practice in the sector. by the following strategic objectives: We are grateful to our donors and partners • To enhance electoral processes to for their support over this year and look ensure their inclusiveness and legiti- forward to deepening our collaboration in macy; 2008 and beyond. • To promote effective citizen partici- pation in democratic processes to Next year the Board will support the execu- strengthen institutional accountability tive director, management and staff’s efforts and responsiveness; to develop a 2008-2011 work plan on the basis of the strategic directions adopted this • To strengthen governance institutions year. We have no doubt that these impor- to ensure effective, accessible and tant choices will ensure that EISA continues sustainable democratic processes; to play a relevant and leading role in the and democracy and governance field in Africa. • To promote principles, values and practices that lead to a culture of democracy and human rights.

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In 2007 EISA reviewed its strategic direction, took bold steps towards the further strengthening of its internal control systems and ensured the successful implementation of its programmes in support of democracy and governance on the African continent.

Through a participative process led by the EISA Board of Directors, the organisation has adopted 31 December 2007 a new vision and a new mission. As part of this Denis K. Kadima, institutional re-orientation, the organisation has EISA Executive Director also re-defined its strategic goals and objectives for the period between 2008 and 2011. This new strategic direction is well captured in the Chairperson’s message in this annual report.

EISA conducted a due diligence exercise which a substantial contribution in a variety of areas, reassured the organisation that our internal as described in their respective sections of this control systems were in place but needed to annual report. be further strengthened, taking into account the The organisation has contributed to the existing realities of some of the countries we work in, knowledge base on democracy and governance especially those where a cash economy prevails. in Africa through research, capacity building, Learning lessons from the Angola office which publications, policy dialogue, networking, and showed weaknesses in adhering to some of information resources in support of current the organisation’s financial requirements, EISA developments towards the institutionalisation reinforced its financial policies and control of democracy. EISA’s programming in 2007 systems. has evolved around its pilot work in the area Accordingly, EISA has adopted a number of parliamentary-civil society engagement, civil of actions based on the lessons of the due society engagement in the African Peer Review diligence exercise. These include developing Mechanism (APRM), citizen participation in local an ethics policy to regulate the conduct of governance, political party development and employees and address conflicts of interest; electoral assistance. taking steps to finalise a proactive approach to EISA has been facilitating the process of risk assessment and management; continually parliament-civil society engagement in selected developing special procurement procedures on African countries in order to improve the capacity the basis of local conditions; and the segregation of parliamentarians and strengthen parliament- of incompatible duties, all of which will continue civil society relations. This pilot project, which to be a cornerstone for effective financial control is being implemented in Kenya, the Democratic systems. Republic of Congo (DRC) and Madagascar, is Programmatically, EISA has made significant designed to ensure that policy development and strides in helping to promote credible elections implementation reflect the needs of the people. and democratic governance in Africa. Head Another civil society participation-focused pilot office departments and field offices have made project that EISA implemented successfully in

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2007 is the African Peer Review Mechanism working towards the development of a multi- (APRM). Implemented in Mozambique and year programme in support of political parties in South Africa this project has produced positive the SADC region and selected countries in the results, particularly through the enhancement of rest of the continent. civil society participation in the APRM process. EISA’s election work has gone beyond Through the achievements of this programme, election observation and has increasingly been the APRM Secretariat has recognised EISA’s complementing this with an election assistance unique contribution and has begun to include the component, both at country and corporate organisation as a participant in review missions levels. in selected countries. EISA will be invited to contribute to APRM Country Review Missions EISA’s Balloting and Electoral Services (BES) in Uganda and Mozambique in 2008. Owing Department has been at the forefront of the to the successful implementation of the pilot promotion of good governance within the project, EISA will be receiving in 2008 financial corporate sector, political parties, trade unions, support from its development partners for a civil society organisations, community-based multi-year programme. organisations, tertiary institutions and statutory bodies, by providing impartial and professional The Local Governance programme has focused electoral administration and management on deepening participatory democracy at the services. The volume of work in 2007 was local level, working with civil society organisations much higher than in previous years, indicating with close ties to communities, and has that BES has become an established player in helped civic groups to successfully advocate the area of corporate governance elections. This for reforms. EISA has been developing training is a testament of confidence by clients. materials for its use countrywide, on behalf of the South African Department of Provincial and The Elections and Political Processes (EPP) Local Government (dplg), the South African Department, consolidated its election work by Local Government Association (SALGA), with the undertaking its traditional activities, such as financial support of GTZ. election observation and assistance to election stakeholders, such as civil society organisations, In collaboration with the dplg, the programme’s electoral management bodies (EMBs) and scope is gradually extending beyond South political parties in the SADC region as well as Africa, with a specific focus on the DRC in expanding its continental coverage by supporting support of the bilateral agreement between the the African Union Commission and the Pan- governments of South Africa and DRC in the African Parliament with election observation. The area of provincial and local government. department is taking steps to conduct more In 2007 EISA’s political party programme specialised work, including voters’ roll audit and focused on the consolidation of political parties’ parallel vote tabulation in selected countries. capacity. This has been done through in- This year the EPP Department supported selected country dialogue and training workshops. The EMBs in the SADC region to enhance their programme was implemented in Botswana, capacity to deliver technically sound democratic Swaziland and the Sudan. In 2008, EISA will elections. Through EPP, EISA has continued as implement and conclude this programme in the secretariat to the SADC Electoral Support South Africa, Lesotho and the Sudan, while Network (ESN), strengthening the network

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through various activities in the region, while Electorale Indépendante (CEI), civil society strengthening its collaborative relations with the organisations and political parties. Secondly, in Electoral Commissions Forum (ECF) of SADC collaboration with UNDP, GTZ, the South African countries. Department of Provincial and Local Government and other international partners, EISA provided EISA’s three field offices, the Mozambique, technical and logistical support to the holding of Madagascar and DRC offices, have continued the National Forum on the Decentralisation in the to promote credible elections and democratic DRC. Finally, EISA devoted considerable efforts governance on the continent. toward the conceptualisation and finalisation of The three-year Mozambique programme is in its post-election programme which will focus on its last year of implementation and has made a governance matters as from 2008. The aim of unique contribution towards electoral reform in that this programme is to consolidate peace and country as well as playing a role in the selection democracy in the post-transitional DRC while of civil society representatives to the National building a democratic culture of accountable, Electoral Commission (CNE). The programme is transparent and responsive governance. also contributing to the professionalisation of the This first year of EISA’s second decade of new commissioners and the EMB, namely the existence has been characterised by the CNE and the Technical Secretariat for Electoral consolidation of the organisation’s internal control Assistance (STAE). systems, the finalisation of its new strategic In 2007 EISA initiated a 12-month pilot project in framework and the development of multi-year Madagascar with the ultimate goal of supporting programmes. Apart from firming up its traditional women to access political positions and, once work areas such as elections, EISA will now elected, to discharge their mandate effectively. gradually focus on its parliament-civil society Whilst EISA has always mainstreamed gender in work, political party strengthening, the APRM, its programmes, this was a challenging project local governance and electoral assistance for the organisation as it provided an opportunity and will move from the pilot phase to more to focus specifically on encouraging women to established programmes. actively and creatively open a space in decision- I owe this steady progress to EISA staff making processes. The programme was very members both at head office and field offices effective and allowed a number of women to for having demonstrated their commitment to the stand for the legislative elections and win seats values and objectives of the organisation. The in the national assembly of Madagascar. EISA management team has also shown considerable intends expanding this to a three-year project resourcefulness, reliability and creativity over commencing in 2008 in order to build on the this year. I am grateful to the EISA Board of achievements of the pilot project. Directors for its continual support. Finally, I am EISA’s work in the DRC in 2007 has had humbled by the confidence that our programme three main focuses. Firstly, EISA-DRC assisted partners and donors have demonstrated as we electoral stakeholders to successfully conduct collectively worked towards the common goals indirect elections in the provincial assemblies of entrenching democracy and good governance for the election of senators, provincial governors in Africa. and deputy governors. To achieve this, the office provided technical assistance to the Commission

EISA Annual Report 2007 7 Directorate

Denis K. Kadima Zahira Seedat Executive Director Senior Personal Assistant

Robyn Smith FOPS Manager

Ilona Tip Senior Advisor Yvette Walljee Programme Assistant

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Khabele Matlosa Jackie Kalley Senior Librarian/Publications Officer Senior Advisor Kedibone Tyeda Projects Co-ordinator

Bertha Chiroro Sydney Letsholo Tebogo Sambo Researcher Research Assistant Library and Publications Clerk

Beth Strachan Lucien Toulou Librarian Nkgakong Mokonyane Programme Assistant Researcher

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Overview • Improve gender equality in the gov- ernance realm; The mission of the Research Department is to contribute to the existing knowledge base • Promote democratic governance on democracy, elections and governance in and political integration through the Africa through research, publications, net- SADC Organ on Politics, Defence working and creating policy dialogue and and Security and its strategic plan information resources in support of current (SIPO); and developments towards the institutionalisation • Expand and deepen the knowledge of democracy. This mission fits neatly within base on democratic governance in the larger vision of EISA, of African conti- the SADC region, through regional nent where democratic governance, human resource centres and a web-based rights and citizen participation are upheld in democracy encyclopaedia. a peaceful environment. Activities In 2007 the Research Department imple- Towards the realisation of the overarching mented Phase II of its Consolidating Demo- goal and objectives above, the key pro- cratic Governance programme in the South- gramme components include: ern African Development Community (SADC) region. This programme contributes towards • Election quality aimed at improving the institutionalisation of democratic gover- the value of elections to democratic nance and the inculcation of a culture of hu- governance; man rights in the SADC region. Its primary • Institutions of governance aimed at goal is to enhance the quality of electoral strengthening the capacity of select- processes, improve the capacity of national ed key democracy-promotion institu- and regional institutions that are central to tions; the achievement of democratic governance and help reverse gender imbalances in terms • Regional governance architecture of political participation and representation. aimed at promoting political inte- gration through democratisation in Programme Implementation SADC; Objectives • An annual symposium to promote policy dialogue on challenges fac- The specific objectives of the programme ing Africa in respect of democratic are to: governance and advocating appropri- • Improve the quality of elections with ate reforms; a view to advancing democratic gov- • Resource centres whose primary ernance; mandate is information storage and • Enhance the institutional effectiveness retrieval; and of selected governance institutions;

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• A democracy encyclopaedia which and the International Institute for serves the purpose of information dis- Democracy and Electoral Assistance semination. (IDEA), EISA organised a regional conference on electoral reforms In all six programme areas, gender is main- in Southern Africa held in Lusaka, streamed as a cross-cutting issue, given that Zambia on 28-29 November 2007: it is so central to the nurturing and consoli- the conference took stock of the dation of democratic governance in the SADC region’s progress in the area of region. electoral democracy and identified Achievements actions that are needed for success- fully holding democratic elections in During the reporting period, achievements in the SADC region; programme implementation included the fol- lowing: • The successful organisation and hosting of EISA’s 2nd Annual Sym- • An electoral reform workshop in Cape posium in Benoni, South Africa, 7-9 Town, 28-29 August 2007: by provid- November 2007; ing a comparative regional perspec- • Continuous updating of the democ- tive, EISA made a substantial contri- racy encyclopaedia, especially on bution to the debate on the reform of political parties and election archives; the South African electoral system at the national level; • Building partnerships with local • A post-election review in Lesotho, institutions for hosting the democ- 25-27 September 2007: as a sequel racy resource centre in Malawi and to its election observer mission, the Zimbabwe. EISA post-election review offered Additional achievements of the programme the first opportunity for the Basotho included various types of technical assistance political and civic leaders to publicly provided to other institutions upon request. exchange their views on the electoral For example, assistance was provided to crisis in the country. His Excellency the AU on the popularisation of the African Cassam Uteem, former President of Charter on Democracy, Elections and Gov- Mauritius, opened the conference and ernance through workshops held in Namibia held a meeting with Prime Minister (November) and Lesotho (December). Mosisili, following which high-level cadres of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy attended the confer- Impact ence. Subsequent exchanges over the During the period under review, this pro- remaining two days were open, frank gramme had a positive impact on many and constructive; fronts of democratic governance in the SADC region. • Jointly with the United Nations Eco- nomic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

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Firstly, the election observation (described in November 2007 had a positive impact in in detail in the report of the Elections and promoting debate on challenges of demo- Political Processes Department) and post- cratic governance in Africa. This debate fur- election review following the general election ther contributed to knowledge building on in the Kingdom of Lesotho assisted in man- trends of democratisation in the continent aging election-related conflicts. These efforts and the need for policy reforms that aim added value to the SADC intervention in the to advance democracy and eradicate pov- conflict through its envoy, His Excellency Sir erty. This knowledge-creation component of Ketumile Masire, former President of the Re- the programme has been further advanced public of Botswana and EISA patron. EISA through the web-based democracy encyclo- contributed to the efforts towards a peace- paedia. ful resolution of the post-election conflict in Lesotho. Finally, the various publications emanating from the programme, including research re- Secondly, collaborative relations between ports, books, occasional papers, conference EISA and the SADC Secretariat have im- reports and the bi-annual Journal of Afri- proved considerably for the mutual benefit can Elections (JAE), are widely used by re- of the two institutions. EISA was invited to searchers, NGOs, development practitioners, facilitate a strategic planning process for the diplomatic missions and government depart- Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co- ments. The publications also contributed to operation (OPDSC) in December 2007. This advancing the frontiers of knowledge on the process culminated in the formulation of the state of democracy and the challenges of operational plan of the OPDSC for 2008. democratisation in the SADC region. EISA has provided technical assistance to the SADC Secretariat, Directorate on Poli- Preview of Plans for 2008 tics, Defence and Security Cooperation on During 2008, programme implementation will the following: focus mainly on the following:

• Election observation; • Election observation in Zimbabwe, • Establishment of the Electoral Advi- Swaziland and Angola; sory Council; • Electoral reforms in Mauritius and • Relevance of democratic governance Botswana; for poverty reduction; • Post-election reviews in Madagascar • Strategic planning of the OPDSC; and Zimbabwe; and • Developing the election barometer to • Managing post-election disputes. measure the quality of elections in the SADC region; Thirdly, as with the first EISA Annual Sympo- sium of 2006, the second Symposium held

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• Policy dialogue and publications on Staff institutions of governance and region- Bertha Chiroro al governance architecture; Beth Strachan • Continuous updating of the democ- Jackie Kalley racy encyclopaedia; Kedibone Tyeda • Consolidating the operations of the Khabele Matlosa resource centres in Mozambique, Ma- Lucien Toulou lawi, Zimbabwe and DRC; and Nkgakong Mokonyane • Organising and holding the third Tebogo Sambo EISA Annual Symposium in Maputo, Mozambique.

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Overview Publications The library has continued to support EISA The following were published during the year as an information and resource centre, and under review over 700 new fully annotated acquisitions Journal of African Elections were added to the library’s stock • vol. 6, no. 1, June 2007 Activities and Achievements • vol. 6, no. 2, October 2007 An increased interest in parliaments and Books their processes as well as democratic con- solidation was noted. Geographically, users • Challenges of Conflict, Democracy displayed a new interest in the Cote d’Ivoire and Development in Africa, edited by and the Sudan. When material was not Khabele Matlosa, Jorgen Elklit, Ber- available in the EISA Library, our Corporate tha Chiroro. Johannesburg: EISA Membership of the University of the Witwa- Occasional Paper Series tersrand was utilised to great effect. • No 44: ‘Floor crossing and its politi- A new bibliography on South Africa’s Third cal consequences in South Africa’, Democratic Election 2004 was completed by 2007, Nkopodi Patrick Kanego Beth Strachan and will be published online. Masemola A new software base is being installed in the library that will enable website searching Conference Proceedings of our fully annotated and indexed library • No. 12: Challenges for Democratic catalogue and it will incorporate our part- Governance and Human Development ner libraries in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Ma- in Africa, EISA Annual Symposium, lawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo 8-10 November 2006 (DRC). Observer Mission Reports

Impact • No. 23 EISA Election Observer Mis- Enquiries were responded to continuously sion Madagascar Presidential Elec- on a variety of topics relating to elections, tions 3 December 2006/ Misson thus assisting in disseminating information d’Observation Electorale de l’EISA, pertinent to EISA’s mission. Rapport sur les Elections Présiden- tielles de Madagascar, 3 Decembre Preview of Plans for 2008 2006 The focus in 2008 will be on using the new • No. 24: EISA Election Observer Mis- library software to incorporate our partner sion Report DRC Presidential, Parlia- libraries in the region into the library system mentary and Provincial Elections (30 and EISA website. July 2006 & September 2006)/ Mis- sion d’Observation Electorale, Rap-

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port sur les Elections Présidentielles, lawi, Nandini Patel, Richard Tam- Parlementaires et Provinciales en bulasi, Bright Molande & Andrew RDC, 30 Juillet 2006 & 29 Octobre Mpesi, 2007 2006 • No. 34: Consolidating democratic • No 25: EISA Election Observer Mis- governance in Southern Africa: sion Report Zambia Presidential, Namibia, Phanuel Kaapama, Les- Parliamentary and Local Government ley Blaauw, Bernie Zaaruka, Esau Elections, 28 September 2006 Kaakunga, 2007

Research Reports • No. 35: Consolidating democratic governance in Southern Africa: The • No. 30: Consolidating democratic State of Democratic Governance in governance in Southern Africa: Zim- the SADC Region: Transitions and babwe, Lloyd M. Sachikonye with Prospects for Consolidation, Khabele Shingi Chawatama, Charles Man- Matlosa, 2007 gongera, Norbert Musekiwa & Choice • No. 36: Consolidating democratic Ndoro, 2007 governance in Southern Africa: Swa- • No. 31: Consolidating democratic ziland, Patricia Joubert, Zwelibanzi governance in Southern Africa: Bo- Masilela, Maxine Langwenya, 2007 tswana, Zibani Maundeni with Doro- • No. 37: Consolidating democratic thy Mpabanga, Adam Mfundisi & governance in Southern Africa: Mau- David Sebudubudu, 2007 ritius, StratConsult, 2007 • No. 32: Consolidating democratic governance in Southern Africa: Le- Election Updates sotho, Tumelo Tsikoane, Tefetso H. • Lesotho (Three issues) Mothibe, ‘Mamoeketsi E. N. Ntho & David Maleleka, 2007 • No. 33: Consolidating democratic governance in Southern Africa: Ma-

16 EISA Annual Report 2007 Governance Department

Acting Manager: Khabele Matlosa Overview: The Governance Department’s report covers the work of four units in the following order: • African Peer Review Mechanism Unit (APRM) • Local Governance Programme Unit • Political Parties Unit • Legislative Strengthening Unit

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Maureen Moloi Grant Masterson Programme Assistant Researcher

Catherine Musuva Researcher

Victor Shale Themba Nkwinika Researcher Programme Officer

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Overview The National APRM Civil Society Confer- ence was jointly hosted by EISA and APRM- 2007 was a most successful and exciting Technical Unit (MARP-TU) on 20-21 August year for EISA engagement with stakehold- 2007 at the Hotel VIP, Maputo. The confer- ers in the African Peer Review Mechanism ence was attended by 135 representatives (APRM). In addition to the successful im- from civil society, government ministries, po- plementation of a pilot project aimed at litical parties, the MARP Forum & Techni- “enhancing civil society participation in the cal Unit, media, trade unions and regional APRM in Southern African States”, EISA was representatives from other APRM countries. also able to entrench its relationship with The keynote speaker at the conference was the APR Secretariat in Midrand, South Africa Mrs Graça Machel, an eminent figure in and EISA’s Research Director, Dr. Khabele Mozambican politics, and member of the Matlosa, was invited to attend the Ugan- 7-member APR Panel of Eminent Persons da APRM Country Review Mission in 2008. which is responsible for the overall quality Further, and due to the successful pilot assurance of the APRM process continen- project in Mozambique in 2007, EISA has tally. The conference was aimed at launch- taken steps to expand the pilot project into ing and highlighting the importance of the a multi-year programme, providing EISA’s APRM in Mozambique, as well as dealing APRM activities with a stability and long- with practical and concrete issues such as term focus that had previously been a chal- how to make submissions from civil society lenge in APRM activities and interventions. into the APRM process. The pilot project exceeded expectations and had a significant and positive impact on the EISA staff members from both its local Mo- Mozambican experiences and participation in zambique office and its main office in South the APRM in 2007. Africa attended the conference. EISA’s ear- lier fact-finding mission to Mozambique had Key Activities identified the enormous resource constraints (both financial and human) which are pres- ently hampering civil society efforts to mean- Mozambique National Maputo, Mozambique ingfully engage in the APRM process. The Civil Society Confer- 20-21 August 2007 development of an APRM Toolkit for Civil ence on the APRM Society and the National Civil Society Con- Maputo, Mozambique Development of APRM Launched on 21 August ference were both activities aimed at ad- Toolkit CD-ROM 2007 dressing this critical constraint. Both initia- Workshop for Mozam- tives have been extremely well received, in Maputo, Mozambique bique’s APRM Techni- particular the toolkit which has been subject 8-9 October 2007 cal Agencies to heated debate regarding its development, Completion of APRM design and potential applications. Civil Society Pilot 31 October 2007 Project The success of the national conference prompted EISA and MARP-TU to engage

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in discussions on other potential activities, project, discussions with the Swiss Agency such as efforts to draw on the technical ex- for Development and Co-operation (SDC) periences of civil society institutions in other for follow-up support for a multi-year APRM countries such as Kenya and South Africa, programme are at an advanced stage. to assist Mozambique’s Technical Agencies to draft and prepare the country’s report. Impact This workshop took place on 8-9 October Without EISA’s intervention in the APRM 2007. A record of the entire substance of process in Mozambique, it is unlikely that the National Civil Society Conference was either the National CSO Conference in Au- kept, and is available in Portuguese and gust 2007 or the Technical Workshop in English. October 2007 would have been possible. To further enhance the capacity of civil so- Despite a dedicated and extremely commit- ciety to engage with the APRM process in ted staff, the Mozambique MARP-TU was a meaningful manner, EISA developed and severely under-resourced in terms of ex- produced a CD-ROM Toolkit for civil society, pertise, manpower and resources. EISA’s a resource containing detailed and concise financial and technical resources were es- descriptions of the APRM process and in- sential to the hosting of these events, which stitutions, all the APRM’s key documents, together directly impacted on the under- resources for CSOs, and other research and standing and sensitisation of more than 200 documentation on the APRM relevant to civil CSOs and NGOs, as well as an enhanced society. The toolkit was launched at the Mo- technical institutional equipping prior to the zambique National Civil Society Conference commencement of the Mozambique APRM in Maputo on 21 August 2007. The toolkit Technical Institutions report-writing. The sig- has attracted widespread interest in Mozam- nificance of EISA’s contribution to the APRM bique (with more than 200 toolkits distribut- in Mozambique was such that EISA received ed to CSOs thus far) and a regular number several additional requests for assistance of visits to the EISA APRM web pages each from MARP-TU during 2007. Unfortunately, month since August 2007. The toolkit is due to budgetary constraints on the pilot available in Portuguese and English. project, not all of these requests were met. However, EISA has, as a result, established In addition to these activities in 2007, a a sound working relationship with MARP-TU number of minor activities and interven- in Mozambique which will benefit both EISA tions were completed, not only ensuring and MARP-TU in the future. EISA’s APRM pilot project was completed on time and within budget, but also that Preview of Plans for 2008 several innovative and unique interventions EISA’s multi-year APRM programme will in civil society engagement in the APRM launch in May 2008, expanding the same process were conducted for the first time activities conducted in Mozambique during on the continent, in Mozambique. Follow- the pilot project into Zambia, Malawi, Tan- ing the successful completion of the pilot zania, Mauritius and South Africa. Mozam-

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bique will also form part of the multi-year EISA has also decided to focus on the programme, as EISA continues to assist civil APRM in its 2008 Annual Symposium, in society and MARP-TU in the implementa- which the APR Secretariat has expressed in- tion of the APRM Programme of Action in terest. The 2008 Symposium will enable key Mozambique. stakeholders, including civil society, policy makers, government officials and donors to EISA will also look to strengthen its relation- discuss and adapt their policies and practic- ship with the APRM Secretariat in Midrand, es vis-à-vis the APRM. The symposium will South Africa, through such interventions as take place in Maputo, Mozambique towards Dr. Matlosa’s participation in the Country the end of 2008. Review Missions to Uganda and Mozam- bique in 2008.

Mrs Graça Machel participated in the EISA Workshop on Civil Society Participation in the Mozambique Country Self- Assessment Process and the APRM.

EISA Annual Report 2007 21 Local Governance Programme Unit

Overview The Ministry of the Interior Security and Decentralisation in the DRC hosted the Na- 2007 was an exciting and challenging year tional Consultative Forum to discuss the Or- for the Local Governance Programme as it ganic Bill Governing the Territorial, Admin- strengthened its work in deepening partici- istrative and Political Decentralisation of the patory democracy at the local level by work- Democratic Republic of Congo. The Forum ing with civil society organisations (CSOs) brought together representatives from all through its Civil Society Support Programme. levels of government (national, provincial and This programme is geared towards CSOs local) from both political and administrative that are locally based, many of which have arms of government. The Forum provided an a close relationship with communities. Build- opportunity to explore a shared vision and ing on this link, the unit provided support an articulated strategy towards the policy of to CSOs and successfully advocated for re- decentralisation enshrined in the Constitution forms aimed at deepening democracy at the of the DRC. local level with the help of local communities

and CSOs themselves. Discussions are at an advanced stage with the dplg on a project that will see EISA The programme extended its reach, scope conduct an assessment of the current state and coverage beyond South Africa by col- of the organisational capacity of provincial laborating with the South African Department and municipal institutions in the DRC as well of Provincial and Local Government (dplg) as a comparative analysis of current poli- in support of the decentralisation process in cies and legislation. It is envisaged that the the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). outcomes of the assessment will assist the dplg focus its organisational development Activities support to the DRC. This project requires an analysis of national policies and legisla- Support for the DRC decentralisation tion relating to local governance as well as process an analysis of provincial policies and legisla- The Republic of South Africa and the DRC tion in 20 municipalities. EISA is required have signed a bi-lateral agreement providing to co-ordinate and facilitate the compilation a framework for co-operation between the and analysis of all three levels and identify two countries. Within this context, EISA was shortcomings and gaps. retained by the South African dplg and spell out (GTZ), in partnership with stakeholders Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) in South Africa and the DRC, to support Working in two municipalities in Mpuma- and facilitate the organisation, preparation langa, Mbombela and Nkomazi, this pro- and implementation of the national consulta- gramme focused on supporting CSOs and tive forum on decentralisation held in Octo- other community-based organisations (CBOs) ber 2007 in Kinshasa.

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to enable them to play a more meaning- improving effective service delivery and har- ful role in local government processes in monious relations between local authorities their localities/local municipalities, through and communities. the design and development of a score- card to assess the performance of their Enhancing participatory democracy at the respective municipality. Representatives from local level CBOs attended a workshop, ‘Enabling Ac- This project was carried out in the Eastern tive Citizenship’, from 27-30 August 2007 Cape Ukhahlamba District with an emphasis in Nelspruit where participants interrogated on the Maletswai and Gariep local munici- topics around local governance, including palities. A workshop on Enabling Active Citi- the spheres of government and the role zenship was conducted in Aliwal North from and functions of local government and citi- 9-11 October 2007. Representatives from zen participation. Building on this workshop, organisations in both municipalities provided participants were given the opportunity to participants with basic information on how identify more fully the role that they can local government works, the relevant legisla- play in ensuring transparent and account- tion and its provision for participatory de- able governance through the design and mocracy by citizens. The emphasis was on development of a local scorecard by which participation and the skills and knowledge they could assess their municipality’s per- that community members need to enable formance. An outcome of this process was them to perform this role. The workshop the establishment of working groups which focused on local governance, its functions were tasked with supporting mentors in im- and the role that CSOs can play in their plementing the scorecard. municipality’s processes through active par- ticipation. Given that the local community To drive the scorecard process and to con- organisations were working in isolation from duct further community workshops, two each other, consultative meetings with CSOs mentors were identified through an advert will be convened in 2008 to lay the ground- sent by the Mpumalanga Civil Society Fo- work for the establishment of a local forum rum (MCSF) to their member organisations able to co-ordinate more focussed interac- to attend a one-day workshop. The train- tion with the municipality. The intention is ing included mentoring and facilitation skills to introduce the Civil Society Support Pro- and responsibilities. The role of mentors in gramme (CSSP) to these forums in 2008. offering support and guidance to the work- ing groups in the process of reviewing their municipality’s performances was defined. Developing the National Qualification Skills Programme for Ward Committees These workshops also provided a platform and Ward Councillors for organisations present to share experi- National Qualification for Ward Commit- ences from their respective municipalities. tees The workshop contributed considerably to enhancing the institutional capacity of local Together with the Conflict Management De- governance in South Africa with a view to mocracy and Electoral Education Depart-

EISA Annual Report 2007 23 Local Governance Programme Unit cont.

ment, the Department of Provincial and Lo- the Constitution and local government, the cal Government, GTZ and InWent, EISA was role and function of local government, lo- commissioned to develop the National Quali- cal governance in the 21st century, and fication for Ward Committees. Eight mod- particularly local government and the media. ules were developed in accordance with the The course is aligned to the South African qualification and have been placed on the Qualification Authority unit standard 242868 Local Government Seta website accessible which requires participants to demonstrate to facilitators countrywide. Although ad hoc and apply knowledge of the role and re- training and programmes have been con- sponsibility of local government in South ducted for ward committees, this is the first Africa. Trainees are assessed according to ward committee certificatification programme this standard. where participants are registered to achieve a national qualification. This initiative is part Impact of the dplg’s efforts to improve on the func- The Local Government Programme focuses tionality of the ward committee system. mainly on capacity building and entrenching democracy by strengthening public partici- The request by EISA to contribute to this pation at the local level. This programme qualification is an important recognition of has resulted in CSOs having an increased the expertise that EISA has developed in understanding of local governments, how the area of the local governance field in they function and what CSO’s role in local South Africa. government processes should be, i.e. pub- National Qualification for Ward Council- lic participation. Another impact has been lors the formation of CSO forums, which have resulted in CSOs having a more cohesive During the period under review, EISA, in relationship with the different departments in partnership with the South African Local Gov- the municipalities. ernment Association (SALGA) and supported by GTZ, developed the first four modules for the NQF level 3 qualification, ‘Local Govern- Preview of Plans for 2008 ment Councillor Practices’. Like the ward In 2008, the Local Government Programme committee qualification, this programme will will deepen its work around building democ- be offered countrywide to councillors as an racy at the local level. The following activi- accredited course. ties are planned: • The CSSP with specific focus on Training Johncom Media/BDFM graduate the implementation of the munici- trainee journalists pal scorecard will provide ongoing This is the second year that EISA has as- support to CSOs. This will be done sisted Johncom Media in facilitating a work- through the formalisation of the shop for trainee journalists. EISA designed a scorecard that has been designed to ‘Local Governance and Democracy’ course. enable CSOs to review the perfor- Trainee journalists were given information on mance of their municipality in the

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areas of service delivery and gover- • The remaining five modules will be nance which was piloted in Mbom- developed to complete the develop- bela and Nkomazi. ment of the National Qualification • The next phase in the CSSP pro- Skills Programme for Ward Council- gramme will be the design of a lors. toolkit which will guide CSOs when • The partnership with the dplg in its implementing the scorecard. The efforts to support decentralisation training for Avusa (previously John- processes in the DRC will be sus- com Media) trainee graduates in the tained and consolidated. Governance and Democracy Pro- gramme will also be facilitated.

EISA Annual Report 2007 25 Political Parties Unit

Overview manual is being further tightened according to the observations that the facilitators have EISA’s Political Parties programme is ex- made during the training workshops as well ecuted in line with the institution’s strategic as input from particpants. Once this is com- goal of strengthening governance processes pleted, the manual will be printed and used and representative institutions in order to as a standard training manual for parties in entrench participatory democracy. Most of the SADC and beyond. the activities during this reporting period fo- cused on political parties’ capacity building. Capacity-building training workshops in This was done through in-country dialogue Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and training workshops. The programme Capacity-building workshops were conduct- was implemented through two complemen- ed for parties in Botswana and Swaziland tary projects, namely (a) Strengthening Po- during this reporting period. Ten political litical Parties for Sustainable Democracy in parties were trained in Botswana. These the SADC Region and (b) Political Party included the ruling Botswana Democratic Strengthening in Sudan. Both projects are Party (BDP), Botswana National Front (BNF), in line with EISA’s strategic mission, namely Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Botswana the promotion of effective citizen participa- Peoples Party (BPP) and Botswana Alliance tion in democratic processes to strengthen Movement (BAM). Political organisations in institutional accountability and responsive- Swaziland were also trained. These were ness. The Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC), People’s United Democratic Move- Activities ment (PUDEMO), INHLAVA Forum (IF), SIVE Materials development SIYINQABA (SS), and Swaziland Youth Con- A training manual on strengthening political gress (SWAYOCO). parties has been drafted. This consists of Through the dialogue and training work- six modules: shops, this project achieved the following: 1) Political Parties • Providing participants with an under- 2) Leadership standing of the nature and character of political parties; 3) Organisational Development • Deepening issues related to leader- 4) Public Outreach ship among participants; 5) Party Coalitions • Enhancing the knowledge of partici- 6) Conflict Management pants on organisational development;

The manual has been tested in two work- • Introducing participants to public shops. The first one was held in Gaborone, outreach strategies; Botswana from 24-26 October 2007. The • Providing participants with insights second workshop was held in Mbabane, into political party coalitions; Swaziland from 19-21 November 2007. The

26 EISA Annual Report 2007 political parties unit

• Empowering participants with conflict and exchanged ideas with openly and can- management skills; and didly. Case studies and scenarios were used • Reinforcing the capacity of partici- to get participants more involved pants in electoral processes. Impact The workshops covered five thematic areas: gender representation, intra-party democracy The Political Parties programme has facili- and inter-party relations, outreach activities, tated a strong linkage between EISA and conflict management and leadership in politi- individual parties in Southern Africa and Su- cal parties. dan. The increased level of collaboration and partnership of EISA with parties cuts across Capacity-building training workshop in the political divide as EISA’s methodology is Sudan to engage all parties collectively, involving both ruling and opposition parties. The mu- One workshop was conducted for the six tually-beneficial relations between EISA and major political parties in Sudan. This was political parties have led to various requests held in Khartoum, Sudan from 21-23 May by collectives of parties in various countries 2007. The parties included Democratic for technical assistance on how coalitions Unionist Party (DUP), The Sudanese Com- and alliances are formed both within and munist Party (CP), National Congress Party outside Parliaments. (NCP), Sudan People’s Liberalism Movement (SPLM), Umma National Party (UP) and Peo- Botswana ple’s National Congress (PNC). The programme has opened vistas for dia- The overall objective of the workshop was logue among political parties on a wide ar- to provide a platform for parties to discuss ray of issues including party coalitions. The issues pertaining to their internal governance workshops were attended by high-ranking and functioning. The parties looked specifi- party officials. The opposition parties were cally into the following issues; able to negotiate modalities for forming al- liances, following skills and technical assis- 1) Internal governance tance provided by EISA through this pro- 2) Organisational structures gramme. Parties have also been calling for electoral reforms following the training. 3) Membership

4) Leadership selection/election Swaziland

5) Party competition, party coalitions The immediate impact of the training work- shop and the previous in-country dialogue The methodology of the workshop was par- workshop has been a further opening up ticipatory. The facilitators made presenta- of the political space in Swaziland. Political tions followed by inputs from the partici- organisations in Swaziland are now getting pants themselves. In this way, participants used to interacting and exchanging oppos- were able to suggest alternatives to the ing views openly and candidly. Parties have many challenges that they were faced with

EISA Annual Report 2007 27 Political Parties Unit cont.

also expressed appreciation to EISA for the and co-operation between the stakeholders programme which is the first of its kind in which is a result envisaged under the Com- the country. prehensive Peach Agreement (ACP). EISA has received feedback from the various par- Sudan ties who highly appreciated the training as a The workshop was part of an ongoing pro- good platform for them to exchange views. cess seeking to strengthen political parties in Sudan undertaken jointly by EISA and Preview of Plans for 2008 three other agencies: International IDEA, Ca- Capacity-building training workshops will be nadian Parliamentary Centre (CPC) and Part- conducted in Lesotho, South Africa and Su- ners in Development Services (PDS). While dan, in pursuance of the objectives stat- no immediate impact has been registered, ed above. A research report on inter-party the programme has contributed to the ef- relations in Botswana will be published in forts aimed at bringing democratic transition, 2008. rule of law and peace and security in Sudan

EISA Political Parties Worshop Lesotho

28 EISA Annual Report 2007 Legislative Strengthening Unit

Overview Based on the findings of the DRC and Madagascar needs assessments, materials Good governance is an important condi- for capacity-building workshops in the two tion for economic development and both countries began. A handbook for parliamen- parliaments and civil society have an im- tarians was drafted. It includes modules on portant complementary role to play in pro- law-making; oversight; budgeting and financ- moting this. There is much to gain from es; representation/constituency outreach; and effective parliaments if systematic, long-term public speaking, communication and media and sustainable support is provided to this liaison. Preparation for a CSO handbook key institution and the existing gap between with modules on influencing the law-making parliaments and civil society is bridged. process; accountability and citizen participa- The Legislative Strengthening Unit aims to tion; and budgeting and advocacy for civil strengthen selected parliaments in Africa by society commenced. improving the capacity of parliamentarians and strengthening parliament-civil society re- lations. It is a pilot project being implement- Impact ed in the Democratic Republic of Congo The project is in line with EISA’s goal of (DRC), Madagascar and Kenya, all of which promoting effective citizen participation in have recently elected parliaments. democratic processes to strengthen insti- tutional accountability and responsiveness. Activities Having only begun in 2007, the project is expected to impact positively on the ef- In 2007, the project focused on establish- fectiveness of parliaments through activities ing the necessary institutional capacity for which will strengthen the capacity of parlia- the pilot project and launching activities in mentarians to fulfil their roles and improve two of the three selected countries. Two the relationship between parliaments and needs assessment missions were conducted civil society. in the DRC and Madagascar by EISA staff. Interviews were conducted with Members of Parliament (MPs), local civil society organisa- Preview of Plans for 2008 tions (CSOs) and international organisations. During 2008, the following activities will be The primary purpose of these assessments implemented: was to identify capacity-building needs of • Capacity-building materials for parlia- MPs and CSOs which need to be met in mentarians and civil society organisa- order to improve the effectiveness of par- tions will be further developed; liaments, and the existing mechanisms for parliament-civil society engagement. • A needs assessment will be con- ducted in Kenya;

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• Workshops for parliamentarians and CSOs will be run in three countries (DRC, Madagascar and Kenya);

• Stakeholder dialogue meetings will be held in the three countries; and • Project evaluation will be under- taken.

30 EISA Annual Report 2007 Balloting & Electoral Services

EISA Annual Report 2007 31 Balloting and Electoral Services

Thobile Thomas Manager

Titi Pitso Manager

Ncedisa Mthenjwa Senior Programme Assistant

Mlandeli Tengimfene Assistant programme officer

32 EISA Annual Report 2007 Balloting and Electoral Services (BES)

Overview tronic voting and counting and both had to be observed by auditors with an IT back- Balloting and Electoral Services (BES) pro- ground. The use of IT, particularly electronic motes corporate governance within corpo- counting, is gaining momentum, especially rate and civil-society organisations, commu- for large-scale elections, including postal nity-based organisations, tertiary institutions voting. and statutory bodies, by providing impartial and professional electoral administration and Another highlight was the conclusion of the management services. Bonitas Medical Fund elections. Since this is the second largest scheme in the coun- In 2007 the department provided services to try, EISA’s involvement further bolstered its a broad range of organisations. The volume position as the leading and preferred service of work was much higher than in previous provider. This election was a highlight for years, indicating that BES has become an another reason, namely the extent of the established player in the area of corporate challenge it posed for BES. Firstly, the pro- governance elections. This was also a testa- cess included several legal challenges over ment of confidence in BES by clients. Some the rules which raised administrative com- of the clients that BES conducted trustee plexities. Secondly, there was a challenge elections for during the period under review in ensuring that the election took place in included the Amplats Group Pension Fund an environment conducive to credible elec- (AGPF), the Standard Bank Group Retire- tions. It is therefore pleasing to report that, ment Fund (SBGRF) and the Government in spite of these challenges, the election Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS). Oth- was completed and the outcome accepted er highlights included conducting elections by the members as well as the Registrar of for all the African National Congress (ANC) Medical Schemes. structures and the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) regional and provin- The year finished with another interesting cial structures. election for the Amplats Group Provident Fund (AGPF). The AMPLATS group is the world leading primary producer of the plati- Activity Highlights num group of metals. Unlike GEMS and Medical aid schemes and group retirement SBGRF which were postal elections, the pension funds AGPF elections were conducted on-site and The main highlights of the year included throughout the length and breath of plati- successful completion of the postal vote num mines from Rustenburg to Thabazimbi for the GEMS Board of Trustees election. and over 11 production areas. Given that Given the size of the electorate (105 411 voters work different shifts, electoral staff members), this required skillful organisation. had to be at the voting stations, which were The other highlight was the Standard Bank located in all the mining shafts, at 3am in Group Retirement Fund (SBGRF), which was time to conduct elections for miners going also successfully completed. Both GEMS down the mine for the first shift and con- and SBGRF included an element of elec- cluding at midnight when the last shift came

EISA Annual Report 2007 33 Balloting and Electoral Services cont.

on duty. The unusual hours that electoral Impact staff had to work brought a new dimension 2007 has been a very busy year for the de- to the promotion of corporate governance partment, illustrated by the volume and di- within the mining sector and gave BES an versity of elections conducted. These ranged opportunity to be part of this extraordinary from medical aid schemes, retirement funds, electoral process. unions and tertiary institutions to NGOs and CBOs. The sheer volume of the work done Non-governmental and community-based for a broad spectrum attests to the con- organisations fidence these organisations have in EISA. In addition to BES having successfully con- This is also an illustration of the maturation ducted elections for almost all the structures of corporate governance within these organi- of the ANC at regional and provincial lev- sations. The introduction of electronic count- els, as well as all structures of POPCRU, ing and voting had been another progressive the department also conducted elections experience for the department. for community-based organisations (CBOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), such as the South African Women Lawyers Preview of 2008 Association (SAWLA) Gauteng Chapter, Bek- In the immediate future, BES will continue kersdal Development Forum, all structures to offer a professional service and maintain of the Gauteng Community Organisations regular contact with its current clients and (GCO) and Soweto Media Resources Centre source new clients as well as seek innova- (Jozi FM). tive ways to ensure an efficient service. At the beginning of 2008, BES continued to Servicing CBOs and NGOs has its own work on the Transnet Second Defined Ben- challenges, including matters relating to cor- efit Fund (TSDBF) postal elections of 82 556 porate governance and electoral democracy voters which was a carry over from 2007. as well as some members of these or- Some of the projects BES started working ganisations not being familiar with how their on in 2008 were the handling of the nomi- constitutions operate. Through the efforts of nation process for the South African Nurs- diligent BES electoral staff, these and other ing Council (SANC), conducting elections for challenges encountered when conducting the Evaton Development Forum as commis- elections for such organisations were able sioned by the Department of Housing (Gau- to be resolved. It is heartening for the staff teng Province) and the Bonitas Medical Aid at BES to work with CBOs and NGOs as it referendum on the amalgamation with the indicates how corporate governance is tak- BHP Billiton Medical Aid Scheme, a project ing root within these organisations. with 145 000 voters.

The department was faced with, and re- sponded positively as reflected in the report, Staff to the challenge of the establishment of a BES said goodbye to three of its staff mem- competing agency staffed mainly by former bers, Thobile Thomas who has managed the BES staff. BES department for the past six years and

34 EISA Annual Report 2007 balloting and electoral services cont.

two of his colleagues, Ncedisa Mthenjwa tensive experience in corporate governance and Mlandeli Tengimfene who tendered their and national elections. They have collectively resignations. Titi Pitso was appointed as the accumulated more than 20 years experience new BES manager. She will be joined in in election work, both in and outside South 2008 by Karen Ogle as the BES programme Africa. officer. Both Ms Pitso and Ms Ogle have ex-

2007 Election Statistics

# Completed Client Type of Service Provided

1 14 June-07 Government Employer Medical Scheme Board of Trustees Election

2 21 Jul-07 ANC Amathole Region Regional Office Bearers Election

3 22 Jul-07 ANC Womens League Mpumalanga Provincial Office Bearers Election

4 22 Jul-07 ANC OR Tambo Region Regional Office Bearers Election

5 29 Jul-07 SAWLA Gauteng Chapter Provincial Office Bearers Election

6 29 Jul-07 Bekkerdal Development Forum Local Office Bearers Election

7 30 Jul-07 ANC Womens League Limpopo Provincial Office Bearers Election

8 18 Aug-07 ANC Cacadu Regional Conference (Continuation) Regional Office Bearers Election

9 8 Sep-07 POLMED Member Trustees Election

10 8 Sep-07 GCO Ekurhuleni Regional Office Bearers Election

11 15 Sep-07 GCO City of Johannesburg Regional Office Bearers Election

12 15 Sep-07 POPCRU KwaZulu Natal Provincial Office Bearers Election

13 21 Sep-07 POPCRU Free State Provincial Office Bearers Election

14 21 Sep-07 University of Johannesburg Student Representative Council

15 22 Sep-07 GCO West Rand Regional Office Bearers Election

16 29 Sep-07 ANC YL North West Province (Continuation) Provincial Office Bearers Election

17 29 Sep-07 GCO Sedibeng Regional Office Bearers Election

18 30 Sep-07 ANC Boland Regional Office Bearers Election

19 6 Oct-07 GCO Tshwane Regional Office Bearers Election

20 8 Oct-07 ANC Gauteng Provincial Office Bearers Election

EISA Annual Report 2007 35 Balloting and Electoral Services cont.

# Completed Client Type of Service Provided

21 6 Oct-07 Popcru Northern Cape Provincial Office Bearers Election

22 5-7 Oct-07 Popcru Limpopo Provincial Office Bearers Election

23 13-14 Oct-07 Popcru Western Cape Provincial Office Bearers Election

24 17-18 Oct-07 Popcru Eastern Cape Provincial Office Bearers Election

25 19-20 Oct-07 Popcru Gauteng Provincial Office Bearers Election

26 21 Oct-07 ANC City of Cape Town Regional Office Bearers Election

27 20-21 Oct-07 Popcru North West Provincial Office Bearers

28 31 Oct - 1 Nov-07 Tshwane University of Technology 2007/2008 Central and Local SRC Election

29 5-8 Nov-07 Standard Bank Group Retirement Fund Board of Trustees Election

30 20-23 Nov 07 Anglo Platinum Group Pension Fund Board of Trustee Elections

31 08 Dec-07 Jozi FM Board of Trustees Election

32 11-14 Dec-07 Anglo Platinum Group Pension Fund Board of Trustees Election

36 EISA Annual Report 2007 Elections and Political processes

EISA Annual Report 2007 37 Elections and Political Processes

James Gadin Martinho Chachiua Programme Officer Manager

Dieudonné Tshiyoyo Naphtaly Sekamogeng Programme Officer Intern Nosipho Mokoena Programme Assistant

Belinda Musanhu Sherri Le Mottee Senior Programme Officer Curriculum Specialist

38 EISA Annual Report 2007 Elections and Political Processes

Overview Support for the Africa Union Commission and the Pan-African Parliament During 2007, the Elections and Political Pro- cesses department had two main thrusts. The department led EISA’s discussions in the Firstly, it continued with deepening its tradi- formulation of memoranda of understanding tional activities in the areas of election ob- (MOU) with the African Union Commission servation and assistance to election stake- and Pan-African Parliament respectively. Fol- holders, namely civil society organisations lowing discussions with these pan-African (CSOs), Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) institutions, a broad MOU was signed with and political parties. Secondly, it continued the Pan-African Parliament. Since the sign- developing activities in expanding its conti- ing of the MOU, EISA has provided tech- nental coverage mainly but not exclusively nical assistance to PAP secretariat in the in supporting the African Union and Pan- area of election observation. The assistance African Parliament in the areas of election consisted of conception and administration observation. The department pursued its of a training programme in election observa- objectives through three main programmes, tion, establishment of an election unit and namely Enhancing the Capacity of Election logistical as well as technical assistance in Practitioners in the SADC region (ECEP), Af- co-ordinating and managing the first ever rica Democracy Strengthening (ADS) and the PAP election observer mission to Kenya. ACE Capacity Development Facility. The training has been administered to PAP MPs who will subsequently be deployed to Activities and Achievements observe various elections on the continent. Election observation mission and post- The African Union Commission and EISA election reviews have agreed to the text of an MOU provid- ing for a wide range of areas where the two In 2007, the department co-ordinated the institutions can forge partnerships aimed at deployment of election observer missions to promoting democracy, good governance and Lesotho and Madagascar. Both these mis- credible elections on the continent. EISA as- sions provided an opportunity for EISA to sisted the African Union in deploying obser- collect information on the conduct of the vation missions to Sierra Leone and Togo. electoral processes in the two countries and also to contribute to peer learning and sup- Support for the SADC election observation port. Given the charged pre-election envi- mission ronment in Lesotho, EISA approached Sir Over the reporting period EPP, with the as- Ketumile Masire, EISA’s patron and former sistance of the Germany Development Agen- President of Botswana, to lead the mission. cy (GTZ), instituted a training programme Sir Masire was subsequently appointed by for SADC observers through the SADC Di- SADC to mediate between the Basotho par- rectorate of the Organ on Politics, Defence ties to resolve the post-election crisis in the and Security. The programme is aimed at Kingdom. The department also initiated a enhancing the effectiveness of the SADC post-election review which was held in Sep- election observer missions and includes fa- tember at the height of the efforts aimed at cilitating training for election observers and resolving the post-election conflict. capacity development for the SADC secre-

EISA Annual Report 2007 39 Elections and Political Processes cont.

tariat in the area of management and co- looking into voter registration methodologies ordination of effective election observation which can be applied in a more sustainable missions. During the period under review, and cost-effective manner in the compilation the first workshop was held in November and management of a voters’ roll by EMBs. 2007 in Midrand, South Africa, to begin to In addition, supplier-driven voter registration prepare SADC to observe elections in 2008 modules (sometimes combined with national in Zimbabwe, Angola and Swaziland. This civil registry systems) largely reliant on IT workshop has contributed to improvements and special material from external suppliers at the technical level of election observation. are chosen by electoral commissions, while Political considerations remain a challenge, sustainability issues are not fully considered. as they continue to hamper the ability of The workshop was the beginning of a dis- these regional and continental bodies to ef- cussion amongst EMBs in the region aimed fectively confront the ills of electoral pro- at identifying the most efficient, cost-effective cesses. and sustainable methodologies, including IT solutions, for voter registration. The depart- Support for non-partisan domestic ment intends to sustain this discussion over observation the next 12 months in order to assist EMBs EISA believes that electoral processes on in improving their registration systems. the continent stand a better chance of cred- ibility and improvement if they are closely Support for political parties monitored by the people of the countries Political parties are another important cat- in which they take place. To achieve this, egory of electoral stakeholders. Over the EISA has placed its emphasis on support- period under review, EPP undertook activi- ing civil society organisations in their efforts ties aimed at assisting political parties to to conduct domestic election observation. enhance their ability to monitor the electoral Over the period under review, EPP held process. The overall goal is to ensure that two regional training workshops in election political parties effectively monitor the elec- monitoring and observation, as a result of toral process and hence contribute to its which domestic observers in Lesotho and integrity in the democratic process. In this Madagascar were recognised as important regard, a regional workshop on poll watch- stakeholders in the process. It is encourag- ing was convened. Representatives from the ing to note that domestic election observa- ruling and main opposition political parties tion in the SADC region has moved from from Southern African countries, namely Bo- simply being part of the lexicon to making tswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozam- a real impact. bique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zan- zibar and Zambia, attended the workshop. Specialised training The workshop provided an environment in The EPP department held a training workshop which political parties shared their experi- on voter registration systems and technology ences in poll watching and highlighted ways for EMBs. The workshop was prompted by in which they can further their engagement the realisation that voter registration is one of in the electoral process beyond their tra- the most important and usually the most ex- ditional role as contestants. The workshop pensive part of an electoral process. Despite highlighted the role that political parties can this, there has not been enough effort in play in enhancing democracy generally and

40 EISA Annual Report 2007 elections and political processes cont.

in promoting election integrity specifically and FET Phases. EISA received close on through the election monitoring work that is 2000 entries for this competition with the undertaken by their agents at election time. submissions taking various forms, the bulk During the next reporting period, EPP will being essays, a small number of artworks provide training for party agents in countries and even one DVD production. holding elections. The Awards Event was celebrated with a ACE Electoral Knowledge Network function held at the Women’s Prison Consti- tution Hill, a very fitting and inspiring venue EPP continued to co-ordinate EISA’s con- as those who attended used the opportu- tribution to the ACE Electoral Knowledge nity to visit the exhibits and look around Network. In particular, EISA was given the the prison. The event was attended by the responsibility of the Capacity Development participants, their parents, school principals, Facility project. The groundwork for a pi- members of the Department of Education lot programme has been laid for this proj- and supporting organisations. There was ect initially working in Malawi, Mozambique great excitement from the scholars and their and Swaziland. The second area of activ- parents at the opportunity to meet the Min- ity of the ACE Knowledge Network is the ister of Education Ms Naledi Pandor who Regional Resource Centre. EISA has since gave the keynote address, with all the suc- established a regional Electoral Knowledge cessful entrants insisting on a photograph Network which has undertaken to update with the Minister. the ACE website, publish a newsletter and produce and regularly update comparative The success of the competition was evident data for all the Southern African countries. in the sense of pride and the seriousness with which participants and their winning Hands up for Democracy schools responded to the presentation of certificates and prizes. EISA in partnership with the National De- partment of Education initiated the “Hands The Emerging Impact up for Democracy” award, an outcome of EISA is widely recognised as a leading or- an initiative that built on EISA’s credible ganisation in the areas of Governance, De- track record of interventions in South Af- mocracy and Elections in Africa. Its contri- rica’s schools. The competition took the bution in entrenching election observation format of a national essay writing and fine and assistance in the SADC region is per- arts competition open to schools country- haps the most pronounced aspect of its wide creating an awareness and knowledge achievements. Indeed, domestic observation in schools about the importance and impact in the region has become bolder over the of electoral processes, good governance, last few years and EISA has been at the human rights and democratic values in the forefront in promoting this work. As a re- lives of young South Africans. sult, over the reporting period, EISA has The award had two categories, namely, a seen recognition by a number of nation- Primary School category for learners from al as well as regional institutions, such as SADC, African Union and Pan-African Par- the Intermediate and Senior Phases (up to liament which have sought assistance from Grade 7) and a high school category, that EISA in developing their own capacity to is learners from the Senior (grade 8 only)

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observe elections. With the people of Africa such as SADC, AU, Pan-African Parliament and the international community increasingly and possibly ECOWAS in the area of elec- demanding quality elections, EISA has made tion observation, with a view to enhancing considerable strides to contribute to meeting their ability to professionally observe elec- their expectations. tions and contribute to electoral reforms.

Over the next twelve months, EPP will con- Preview of 2008 clude the ACE Capacity Development Facility In 2008, the EPP department will continue project as well as continue to update the to strive to enhance the capacity of election ACE website. The department will continue practitioners through a number of targeted to make efforts towards the training of its interventions, including promoting training staff in aspects of election administration. courses for EMBs, regional and Pan-African Such training will ensure that these staff institutions in election administration, moni- members are an effective resource in the toring and observation, facilitation of peer continent, ready to provide much-needed learning and exchange of experiences. EPP assistance to EMBs. will also continue to deploy regional ob- server missions to all elections in the re- Staff gion and make every effort to deploy civil Belinda Musanhu society-based election observation missions Dieudonné Tshiyoyo throughout the continent. James Gadin Martinho Chachiua EPP will seek to enhance its partnership Nosipho Mokoena with regional and continental institutions, Sherri Le Mottee

Former President Ketumile Masire led the EISA election observer mission to Lesotho in February 2007, assisted by Denis Kadima as the deputy mission leader

42 EISA Annual Report 2007 Information and Communication

EISA Annual Report 2007 43 Information and Communication Technology

Alka Larkan Senior Programme Officer

Deane Stuart Researcher

Irene Maboea Intern

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Overview the Democracy Encyclopedia present- ing comparative tables of information The Information and Communication Tech- on topics such as political parties. nology (ICT) unit provides support to the This was facilitated by a redesign of organisation by assisting in the technologi- the information architecture for this cal aspects of EISA’s programmes. It is section of the web site. responsible for the EISA web site and uses this as a vehicle to publish information on • Maintained the quality and popularity democracy and governance in Africa, as well of the African Election Calendar.

as to publicise EISA’s programme areas and • Researched the EISA knowledge project activities. management (archiving) project with a recommendation for implementation Activities and Achievements in 2008 by the ICT Department in In 2007, the department contributed to the conjunction with the Library. strategic work of the organisation by in- • Contributed to the ACE web site tensifying the development of web content, and trained EPP and Research in- specifically the Democracy Encyclopeadia, in terns to contribute to the site. order to provide a service and products that are of keen interest to EISA’s stakeholders. • Expanded the links directory on the The success of this service is evidenced web site to incorporate a section on by monthly increases in that site visits and gender. downloads. Most visitors are interested in • Consistently maintained and updated EISA publications (available for free down- the EISA intranet, a staff resource. load from the web site) and the detailed pages on SADC politics and elections. The Preview of Plans for 2008 African Election Calendar is one of the most A proposal for a project using geo-spatial visited pages on the site. interface tools to display EISA data in maps on the web site will be finalised and submit- The efficient attainment of many of EISA’s ted in early 2008 in order to begin project goals and objectives is, in part, made pos- work in the same year. sible by the infrastructure ICT provides. The unit will expand the staff complement by In particular, the unit: retaining a support technician in the place of • Deepened and improved the qual- the intern position filled in 2007. ity of the Democracy Encyclopedia content as part of the first year of Technically, the unit will upgrade the organi- the Consolidating Democratic Gover- sation’s internet access at head office and nance in the SADC Region, Phase II stabilise field office ICT support in the DRC project. A new section was added to and Maputo. In addition, a review of hard-

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ware and software used across the network Staff at head office will be completed in prepara- Alka Larkan tion for upgrade budgeting for 2009. Deane Stuart

The archiving project will be implemented Irene Maboea by ICT and the EISA Library.

46 EISA Annual Report 2007 Field Offices

EISA Annual Report 2007 47 Democratic Republic of Congo

Hector Lubamba Vincent Tohbi Programme Officer Country Director Ferdinand Kapanga Programme Officer

Christophe Ndelika Driver Serges Kavuanda Antoinette Mbumba Finance Officer Programme Assistant

Nicole Mibulumukini Fanny Tsimba Office Aministrator Programme Assistant

48 EISA Annual Report 2007 Democratic Republic of Congo

Overview Activities and Achievements Following its significant contribution to the Activities successful conduct of the national and pro- vincial elections in 2006, EISA-DRC dedicat- The training of IEC staff for holding ed most of its efforts to laying the ground- senators and governors elections work for its post-election programme which After successful general elections held in will focus on governance matters. 2006, the IEC for the first time had to or- ganise an indirect election which included The efforts included providing technical as- equipping its staff with appropriate skills sistance to the National Independent Elec- to face this new challenge. In collabora- toral Commission (CEN), civil society organi- tion with the IEC, EISA organised a 2-day sations (CSOs) and political parties. EISA workshop to familiarise the IEC staff, includ- helped to strengthen the CEN’s staff capac- ing presiding officers and assessors, with ity to run the indirect elections of senators, how to conduct the indirect elections. The provincial governors and deputy governors workshop took place simultaneously in 11 in the provincial assemblies. EISA also sen- provincial capitals, with EISA providing lo- sitised CSOs and political parties on their gistical support. role in ensuring that these indirect elections Citizen sensitisation through civil were understood by the people and held in society delegates and political party a peaceful environment. EISA-DRC also had representatives the opportunity to contribute to the organi- Anticipating that indirect elections could be sation of the National Forum on Decentrali- misunderstood by some people and lead to sation along with many other national and unrest and tension, EISA facilitated the sen- international institutions, so as to assist the sitisation of the representatives of political DRC government to set up an appropriate parties and CSOs ahead of these elections. local governance programme, which will be Meetings were held simultaneously in all the more likely to help the country to consoli- 11 provincial capitals. For each of those date peace and achieve its developmental meetings, EISA and the IEC took the oppor- goals. tunity to explain the process, the importance and the consequences of these elections In-between the last indirect election and the and the roles expected of each stakeholder holding of the National Forum on the De- for the success of the operation. centralisation, EISA contracted researchers in five DRC provinces to identify the exist- The training and deployment of local ing framework for decentralisation, the in- observers to monitor the mentioned frastructure, the human resources, the sup- elections porting institutions and financial resources Since the establishment of the Réseau Na- available. tional pour l’Observation et la Surveillance des Elections au Congo (RENOSEC), the

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most important election observer network indirect elections. Regrettably, some of NGOs in the DRC, EISA has contributed time after the indirect elections were to the capacity building of an important held, violence occurred in the Kivu number of domestic observers through train- province and then in the Bas Congo ing throughout the country. For the indirect province, where dozens were report- elections, EISA supported the deployment of ed dead. The violence was not due domestic observers in order to ensure the to the technical process but rather conduct of free and fair ballots. to the resistance of the population to the choice made by the MPs The training and deployment of conflict through the indirect election. mediators to follow up the electoral • The workshops for CSOs provided campaign and run the mentioned elections the appropriate information on what Having played a critical and successful role is required to interact with their during the 2006 national and provincial elec- provincial legislators as the elected tions, conflict mediators were deployed dur- representatives of the people. ing the campaigning and election days for • A concept document was produced these indirect elections in the provincial and on the state of decentralisation as a national assemblies. Their presence and in- result of EISA’s research. Based on tervention contributed to the reduction of this information, the National Forum violence. on Decentralisation sensitised people The co-hosting of the National Forum on before the effective implementation Decentralization in the DRC of decentralisation. The legal frame- work is expected to be adopted by EISA co-hosted the organisation of the most Parliament. important post-election workshop for nation- al and international stakeholders and donors • EISA’s fundraising for its Governance to discuss the best way to implement the Programme in the DRC was con- decentralisation process, as required by the firmed by EISA’s main donors in the DRC Constitution. The five-day workshop DRC, namely the Swedish Interna- took place in October 2007 and contributed tional Development Co-operation to the development of a common under- Agency (SIDA) and the Department standing of the decentralisation process be- for International Development (DFID). tween the Government, Members of Parlia- Preview of Plans for 2008 ment, civil society organisations, the donors, and the provincial executives. After making a significant contribution to the transitional period in the constitution draft- Achievements ing and adoption process, the referendum and the electoral process, EISA plans to • The elections of senators and gover- support stakeholders to deepen democracy, nors in January 2007 were peaceful. peace and governance in the post-election Following these elections, the DRC DRC over the next four years from 2008 to experienced its first challenge of 2011.

50 EISA Annual Report 2007 democratic republic of congo cont.

Building on the achievements of the tran- election work on governance matters, the sitional period, EISA commits itself to sup- staff complement was gradually downsized porting the National Independent Electoral between June and December 2007. The Commission (CENI), the national and provin- governance programmes which will com- cial parliaments, local governance and de- mence in 2008 will see the office engaging centralisation, political party strengthening, additional staff. civil society organisations’ capacity building and mediation in social conflicts. Discus- Staff: sions with both international and national Antoinette Mbumba partners will gain momentum as from the Christophe Ndelika beginning of 2008. Fanny Tsimba Ferdinand Kapanga Staff Hector Lubamba From the beginning of the year up to mid- Nicole Mibulumukini June, the DRC field office carried out activi- Serges Kavuanda ties with its Country Director supported by its full staff complement of eight. However, Vincent Tohbi pending the commencement of its post-

National forum on Decentralisation, Kinshasa, DRC

EISA Annual Report 2007 51 Madagascar

Claire Bless Programme Manager

Nirina Rajaonarivo Programme Officer

52 EISA Annual Report 2007 Madagascar

Overview and gender parity in the political arena. A hundred delegates drawn from political par- EISA opened an office in Madagascar to ties, civil-society organisations, government facilitate a capacity-building programme for institutions and professional and faith-based women candidate parliamentarians in prepa- organisations participated. Speakers includ- ration for the Madagascar 2007 Parliamen- ed local as well as regional resource people tary Elections. The main objective of the who brought to the discussion regional ex- programme was to encourage women’s par- periences. Topics included the impact on ticipation in and access to political life. The electoral systems of the inclusion of women office was staffed by a project co-ordina- in the electoral process and the role of po- tor, Claire Bless, and a programme officer, litical parties in enhancing women’s repre- Nirina Rajaonarivo. Whilst EISA has always sentation in decision-making. A particularly mainstreamed gender in its programmes, positive outcome of the seminar was the this was a challenging project as it provided agreement that a campaign for the inclusion EISA with an opportunity to focus specifi- of at least 30% of women in Madagascar cally on encouraging women to engage with political life should be put in place. and actively create a space in decision-mak- ing processes. EISA used the parliamentary Designing material and facilitating elections in 2007 in Madagascar as an entry workshops point in laying the groundwork for actively EISA designed a facilitator and participant’s encouraging women to engage with political manual translated into Malagasy and French. parties to ensure their inclusion as potential Although the basis of the content was ge- candidates, identifying appropriate women to neric, local context content was informed by participate in a capacity building programme the discussion that the preliminary team had across the political spectrum, and building had with the various stakeholders to hear the capacity of potential women candidates the concerns and needs of women and men to enable them to stand as candidates. on the challenges faced when trying to enter the decision-making arena in Madagascar. Activities The manual included both ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ The project identified and implemented the skills, such as assertiveness and confidence following activities in support of the pro- building, understanding gender and gender gramme objectives. stereotyping, the legal and constitutional framework, writing a manifesto and design- Seminar ing a campaign and public outreach. A successful two-day seminar under the theme ‘Gender Equity in Democratic Pro- The workshops formed the core of the pro- cesses and Institutions in the Madagascar gramme with participants coming from 17 and the SADC Region’ was held in May of the 22 regions in Madagascar and 180 to take the debate into the public domain women exposed to the content. In addi- and to create awareness of all stakeholders tion, EISA facilitated two Train the Facilitator on issues that hinder women’s participation workshops for 60 women so that they could

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extend the programme to their own con- in the various activities provided a valuable stituencies in their regions. EISA also drew insight into the impact of the programme. on women already in leadership positions Overall the response was extremely positive, to share their experiences with participants. particularly as many of the participants were A total of 40% of participants came from exposed for the first time to an environment women’s organisations, 25% from political where they could identify and discuss the parties, 25% from the professional sector challenges they face as women at all levels and 10% from faith-based and civil-society of society. The programme highlighted the organisations. fact that many women are aware through attendance at the workshops. Steering Committee and establishment of a network Whilst the programme was not able to A steering committee has been put in place achieve its goal of increasing the number of to lay the groundwork for the establishment women represented in Parliament through the of a national network to promote women’s 2007 elections, due to the fact that an early interest and to lobby for at least 30% rep- election was called before the programme resentation of women in the next parlia- was fully realised. Despite this, the work- mentary elections. The steering committee shops and course content provided those agreed to launch a campaign entitled ‘As- who were able to participate the opportunity sociation Acting for Gender’. The commit- to realise the direct impact of social, cultural tee is working on a strategy to establish and religious constraints on their everyday the regional steering committees in the six lives, and the need to develop a coherent previous provinces of Madagascar. They approach to turning this around. also addressed a letter to the President of The establishment of the steering committee Madagascar and to the leaders of political and the work it has already undertaken indi- parties to increase women’s participation in cates the groundwork that has been laid for the decision-making processes in the coun- a long-term intervention. EISA has also been try through their parties. The committee is able to build a good working relationship currently setting up the media component of with the Ministry of Health, Family Planning the network to draw the journalists’ councils and Social Affairs, particularly through its attention to the role that they can play in Promotion of Gender office. The Promotion leading the advocacy and lobbying cam- of Gender office also participates actively in paign so sensitise listeners and TV viewers the Steering Committee. to the campaign and to establish a list of journalists who can work with the steering The success of the project can best be committee. illustrated in the interview below with Ma- dame Aurelie Razafinjato, who was elected Impact for the Vohibato constituency following the An evaluation workshop held with a broad 23 September 2007 Legislative Elections spectrum of participants who had participated and who refers to herself as “an EISA MP”.

54 EISA Annual Report 2007 madagascar cont.

The new lawmaker participated in the EISA capacity building programme for women in politics in Madagascar. Two other sitting MPs participated in the programme.

EISA: What led you to be a candidate for the last legislative elections?

Aurélie R: I have wanted to be a candidate since 2005. I wanted to become an MP to bring about change in my constituency. Then I was working, and still am, with rural women’s organisations from 38 communes of my con- stituency. As head of the regional education department for Fianarantsoa II, I also chaired the association Tim Fanabeazana which is the ruling party education committee. I believed I had the skills and the charisma neces- sary to be elected but I didn’t know how to use them. I had many ideas but they were not well structured.

EISA: Did the EISA training prove useful for your election?

Aurélie R: Indeed, I seized the opportunity provided by EISA, although I was enrolled at the last minute. I re- member submitting my application on the deadline day. I wanted very much to attend the programme. I should also mention that I have participated in three election campaigns [not as a candidate] before attending the EISA programme. The first one was during the 2002 legislative elections, then the December 2006 presidential elec- tion. Finally, I was active during the 4 April 2007 Constitutional Referendum.

EISA: What did you then gain from the training, owing to that experience?

Aurelie R: The EISA training I attended from 11 - 14 June 2007 has been very helpful. It gave me a clearer idea of how my campaign planning should look and provided me with tools to anticipate the many obstacles I had to face. Above all, it gave me self-confidence and trust. Since I didn’t get the nomination from the ruling TIM, my party, I could only stand as an independent candidate. To this end, I adopted the slogan Vohibato tapa-kevitsa (Vohibato, my constituency, determined this) and was surrounded by a dynamic group of volunteers committed to the development of our area. And I must say I received the training that was needed to persuade the elector- ate. I also did not have enough money for campaign materials. Therefore my only chance was to associate the message I wanted to convey to voters with my image, so as to communicate efficiently and cost effectively.

EISA: Now that you are elected, what can you do to enhance other women’s participation?

Aurelie R: Just after my election, I trained my teammates ahead of the municipal and communal elections. We managed to get four male candidates elected as mayors and 12 others as councillors. Unfortunately, women were still to make up their minds to stand but I am confident that this is a matter of time. On the other hand, I joined the independent MPs caucus to keep democracy alive in Parliament although we are very few in the group. What I wish to see are more and more capacity-building programmes organised, such as the one from EISA. Dynamic women who are keenly interested in politics should be targeted accordingly in order to encour- age them to stand for seats in the next elections. Women living in rural areas also need to be sensitised. I am looking forward to seeing the set up of the Malagasy women in politics network to foster our mobilisation and preparation for the next elections, and to having women take up 30% of decision-making positions in Mada- gascar.

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Preview of Activities for 2008 at local level in order to extend their exper- tise to participating in governance institu- A three-year programme will be implemented tions at national level. to consolidate and build on the foundation laid in the first year of opening the Mada- The programme will also continue to extend gascar Field Office. In particular, in 2008 and expand the work of the steering com- EISA will strengthen its relationship with the mittee and to support the national campaign. Ministry of Health, Social Welfare and Family EISA will also support the establishment of a Planning, given the formulation of the Presi- documentation and resource centre to col- dential Madagascar Action Plan which rec- lect, analyse and catalogue information on ognises the need to increase and recognise gender issues, and compile a comprehen- the role that women play in Madagascan sive bibliography. society.

EISA will update its current training pro- Staff gramme at two levels; firstly, a broader pro- Claire Bless gramme aimed at community and secondly, Nirina Rajaonarivo to strengthen women in leadership positions

56 EISA Annual Report 2007 Woman in Politics Workshop

EISA Annual Report 2007 57 Mozambique

Miguel de Brito Country Director Anissa Izidine Financial Assistant

Alda Mahumane Administration Assistant Francisco Langa Logistics

Zefanias Matsimbe Programme Offices

58 EISA Annual Report 2007 Mozambique

Overview Achievements The current Mozambique Programme began Electoral reform support in 2005, following Mozambique’s general By the beginning of 2007, the main objec- elections of 2004, with the purpose of con- tives of the Electoral Reform component had solidating democracy through enhancing the been achieved. The Mozambican Parliament capacity of and partnerships between key approved new electoral legislation in January stakeholders. The programme began with 2007, containing the main reform proposals two main objectives: (i) to support elec- submitted by Mozambican civil society or- toral reform initiatives, and (ii) to enhance ganisations (CSOs) as a result of nationwide the partnership between civil society and debates organised by EISA and the Elec- Parliament in order to strengthen a culture toral Observatory. With the achievement of of accountability of elected bodies. A third the initial election reform objectives, a new component was added - to promote knowl- electoral component was introduced in the edge and debate on elections, governance programme in order to: and democracy through the establishment of a documentation centre. Funding for these a. Support Mozambican civil society partic- activities in 2007 was provided by DFID and ipation in the process of selecting CSO Irish Aid. The Mozambique programme also representatives in the new Election Man- collaborated with the Johannesburg office agement Body (EMB) at national and on the implementation of a pilot regional sub-national levels, in accordance with programme on civil society participation in the new electoral legislation; and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) b. Provide capacity-building support to the process in Mozambique, with funding pro- new EMB. vided by Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC) – Pretoria. According to the new electoral legislation, eight of the 13 members of the National The programme is implemented through part- Electoral Commission (CNE) should be pro- nerships with and technical assistance to lo- posed by CSOs, and six of the eleven mem- cal institutions in civil society and academia bers of provincial and district/city commis- and the promotion of dialogue between civil sions should also come from civil society. All society and elected bodies. All programme these new members from civil society had components are being implemented, with no experience in election management. the exception of the Civil Society-Parliament Partnership activity, which has suffered con- In the period under review, EISA success- stant delays as a result of lack of response fully assisted an important coalition of elec- on the part of the identified implementing tion CSOs in designing and implementing partner. a transparent and participatory nationwide selection process to identify civil society

EISA Annual Report 2007 59 Mozambique cont.

candidates for the CNE and its 11 provincial cess. EISA arranged for the participation of and 135 district/city subordinate bodies. The a member of the CNE and the Director- process, which took place over a period of General of Technical Secretariat for Electoral seven months, was widely praised by the Assistance (STAE) in a regional technical media and political parties for its ground- workshop on voter registration to allow the breaking transparency and inclusiveness. Mozambican EMBs to access and discuss regional best practices in voter registration, EISA also designed a capacity-building pro- and draw lessons for Mozambique. gramme for the new EMB and its decentra- lised representations, to address their lack EISA provided continuous analysis and ad- of knowledge and experience in election vice on electoral matters to the CNE and the management. This capacity-building pro- STAE, the donor community and the general gramme included: public. In this respect, EISA consistently and pro-actively advocated, through the media • Provision of training for the CNE (such as local TV stations and international and Provincial Electoral Commission media like BBC radio), for a constitutional (CPEs) using the Building Resources amendment to allow the postponement of in Democracy, Governance and Elec- provincial elections, initially scheduled for 16 tions (BRIDGE) training package, an January 2008, arguing that the time avail- election management training pack- able to prepare for the elections did not age of international reputation; allow for a technically efficient process and • Exchange visits with other EMBs in adequate voter mobilisation. The first real the southern Africa region; and indication of a disastrous process was the fact that after 20 days (out of a total of 60) • Participation in EISA Observer Mis- of voter registration only 5% of the potential sions in southern Africa. electorate had been registered. As a result All ten BRIDGE training modules were trans- of public pressure, the ruling party, Fre- lated into Portuguese and adapted to the limo, announced on 17 October 2007 that Mozambican electoral legislation. A training it would seek a constitutional amendment to schedule was developed in order to deliver postpone the election. The amendment was training in two one-week sessions for the passed the following month. CNE and one one-week session for each of the 11 provincial electoral commissions. By The technical problems that plagued the the end of the year, training had not been initial phase of the voter registration pro- implemented due to time constraints on the cess raised serious questions regarding its part of the electoral commissioners. credibility. EISA felt that, in order to check the quality of the voters’ roll and if possible Towards the end of 2007, the preparations help restore its credibility, a voters’ roll audit for the upcoming municipal, provincial, and should take place after the end of the reg- general elections faced serious challenges, istration scheduled for March 2008. A vot- especially around the voter registration pro- ers’ roll audit has never been conducted in

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Mozambique and EISA began working with try office was charged with supporting the Mozambican civil society organisations to implementation of this activity. develop a methodology and implementation plan to conduct a pilot audit in late March/ Working in collaboration with the Mozambi- early April 2008. can National APRM Forum through its Tech- nical Unit (MARP-UT), EISA co-organised a Documentation Centre on Elections and national APRM conference in August 2007, Democracy which launched the APRM process to the Mozambican public and discussed modalities In the period under review, EISA finalised for civil society participation in the process. the setting up of the Documentation Cen- The workshop was attended by civil society tre on Elections and Democracy (CDED), representatives from all Mozambican prov- namely furnishing it, putting in place the inces and other African countries that have necessary IT infrastructure and software and already implemented the first phase of the acquiring materials, such as books, reports, APRM process, in order to exchange experi- magazines, journals and other documents. ences with their Mozambican counterparts. The CDED was officially jointly inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor of Instituto Superior Following the national conference in Septem- de Ciências e Tecnologia de Moçambique ber 2007, EISA also co-organised a techni- (ISCTEM) and Chair of the National Elec- cal workshop for the Mozambican research tions Commission (CNE), Professor João institutions involved in the APRM process Leopoldo da Costa, and the EISA Country to exchange experiences with their peers in Director for Mozambique, Miguel de Brito, South Africa and other African countries. in July 2007. Challenges The CDED has produced its first catalogue The main challenge faced by the programme of available documentation which has been in 2007 was the implementation of the Civil distributed to all higher learning and research Society-Parliament Partnership activity. Ini- institutions in Maputo. The Centre has also tially, the Mozambican Debt Group, a coali- requested those institutions to send cop- tion of civil society organisations, was se- ies of reports and publications produced by lected as EISA’s implementing partner. After them on issues of democracy, governance lengthy negotiations, a provisional memoran- and elections. Currently, the CDED holds dum of understanding and plan of action more than 400 titles. was agreed upon, but this has not yet been implemented. Towards the end of 2007, African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) a new implementing partner, the Mozam- EISA, through a grant from SDC-Pretoria, bican Association for Democracy (AMODE) launched a pilot project to foster civil so- was identified, and a memorandum of un- ciety participation in the African Peer Re- derstanding and action plan will soon be view Mechanism (APRM). Mozambique was signed. Speedy implementation is expected chosen as the pilot country and the coun- to start in March 2008.

EISA Annual Report 2007 61 Mozambique cont.

Programme Outcomes b. Expand the Documentation Centre on Elections and Democracy; Six outcomes were produced in this report- ing period: c. Research and facilitate public de- bates on key issues of democracy 1. Transparent and participatory selection in Mozambique; processes of civil society representatives for the provincial and district electoral d. Conduct voters’ roll audits in se- commissions were completed; lected municipalities; and

2. Preparations for delivery of BRIDGE e. Build the capacity of Mozambican training programme to National Elections CSOs to monitor electoral conflicts Commission were completed; in selected regions of the country.

3. Effective advocacy efforts were made 2. Civil society-parliament partnership will to propose a constitutional amendment aim to: to allow the postponement of upcoming provincial elections; a. Build the capacity of Mozambican CSOs to engage parliament on key 4. The Documentation Centre on Elections policy issues; and and Democracy was launched and wide- ly publicised; b. Facilitate eight roundtables and one national conference between Mo- 5. The APRM launch conference and tech- zambican CSOs and parliamentary nical workshops were effectively under- committees on selected policy and taken; and legislative issues.

6. The methodology for a pilot audit of vot- ers’ was roll developed. Staff Alda Mahumane Preview of Plans for 2008 Anissa Izidine 1. Electoral support will be needed to: Democrito Manyissa Francisco Langa a. Implement the EMB capacity-build- Miguel de Brito ing programme, including BRIDGE training, and encourage participation Zefanias Matsimbe in election observation missions;

62 EISA Annual Report 2007 Finance and Administration

EISA Annual Report 2007 63 Finance and Administration

Amber Olaleye Dipti Bava Finance Manager Drake Orurach Senior Bookkeeper Senior Accountant

Thandi Kondleka Peter Maje Receptionist Driver

Usha Kala Maria Hooper Bookkeeper Office Manager Mathembi Mehlomakulu Housekeeper

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EISA - JOHANNESBURG

• Alka Larkan • Amber Olaleye • Belinda Musanhu • Bertha Chiroro EISA - DRC • Beth Strachan • Bronwen Wilson-Thompson • Antoinette Mbumba • Catherine Musuva • Christophe Ndelika • Deane Stuart • Fanny Tsimba • Denis Kadima • Ferdinand Kapanga • Dieudonné Tshiyoyo • Hector Lubamba • Dipti Bava • Nicole Mibulumukini • Drake Orurach • Serges Kavuanda • Grant Masterson • Vincent Tohbi • Ilona Tip • Jackie Kalley • James Gadin • Titi Pitso • Kedibone Tyeda • Khabele Matlosa • Lucien Toulou • Maria Hooper EISA - MAPUTO • Martinho Chachiua • Mathembi Mehlomakulu • Alda Mahumane • Maureen Moloi • Anissa Izidine • Mlandeli Tengimfene • Democrito Manyissa • Ncedisa Mthenjwa • Francisco Langa • Nkgakong Mokonyane • Miguel de Brito • Nosipho Mokoena • Zefanias Matsimbe • Peter Maje • Robyn Smith • Sherri Le Mottee • Sydney Letsholo • Tebogo Sambo • Themba Nkwinika • Thandi Kondleka EISA - MADAGASCAR • Thobile Thomas • Usha Kala • Claire Bless • Victor Shale • Nirina Rajaonarivo • Yvette Walljee • Zahira Seedat

EISA Annual Report 2007 67 EISA Donors

• Canadian High Commission (CIDA)

• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (MOTT)

• Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI)

• Department for International Development (DFID)

• Embassy of Ireland

• German Development Co-operation (GTZ)

• Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF)

• Netherland Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA)

• Southern Africa Trust (SAT)

• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

• The Embassy of Belgium (DGDC)

• The Embassy of Finland

• The United Nations Development Programme (Democratic Governance Group, BDP)

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